Dystopian Prisons, Progressive Messaging, and the 2026 Midterms (Half the Answer #82, with Whitney Curry Wimbish)

Progressive messaging is so hot, the cynical opportunists are appropriating it for mass appeal. A combat surgeon returned from Gaza has found financial support in a pro-Palestine super PAC. Public pressure may prevent new ICE facilities. Journalist Whitney Curry Wimbish walks us through these and other recent stories she has worked on for The American Prospect.

Dystopian Prisons, Progressive Messaging, and the 2026 Midterms (with Whitney Curry Wimbish)

Podcast Episode · Half the Answer · May 7 · 48m

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American Priorities is throwing its war chest behind Dr. Adam Hamawy, a combat surgeon whoworked in a Gaza hospital while Israel’s genocide raged outside.

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Pennsylvania Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer - The American Prospect

Ryan Crosswell is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh District after a career helping bosses fight their workers.

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